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Baroness Whitaker
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1999
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Baroness Whitaker voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Disability: Black and Minority-ethnic Disabled People — Question (22 May 2012)
“My Lords, will the noble Baroness seek to remedy the omission in the Scope report? It took no account of the needs of people with disabilities from the Gypsy and Traveller community. I remind the House that Gypsies and Travellers are a recognised minority-ethnic community.”
- Draft House of Lords Reform Bill: Motion to Take Note (Continued) (30 Apr 2012)
“My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow my friend the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, but I shall take a different line. Like my noble friend Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe, I am a member of the Campaign for a Democratic Upper House, and I very much follow his analysis. I mainly want to record my support for the Joint Committee's endorsement of a democratic second Chamber, with an electoral...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Communities: Integration (28 Mar 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the timetable for delivering the actions they list in Creating the Conditions for Integration, published in February; and how they will provide national leadership in cases where local institutions do not assist integration.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 24 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 82.06% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 155 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)